You're darn right they went too far! "Every" child taken from "every" mother by
raiders of the state is government overreach of constitutional proportions.
This should concern everyone. These peoples rights have been trampled on in a
horrific manner. Now, we will no doubt hear the clamor and rage of people
commenting in this very venue over the coming hours. They will of course
expound on charges of "child rape," as if any decent person on the planet
wouldn't categorically denounce such a heinous crime, though no evidence of any
such crime has heretofore been presented in the case at hand. Where such crimes
exist, they should of course be vigorously prosecuted. But the tirades of
certain commentators are intended only to shock the sensitivities of people who
are already abundantly aware of the same misdeeds that have been reported ad
nauseam. Bottom line: There are too many people today Americans, mind you who
would condone the use of government power not merely to prosecute criminals, but
as a means for cultural cleansing. They would wink at the shredding of
individual rights while quietly delighting in the state-run destruction of a
culture they find personally offensive.

Last weekend DN reported that nine FLDS children had been hospitalized, and one
baby had become so dehydrated that he/she was lethargic and had gone into shock.
But this disturbing news disappeared from the news to be replaced by stories of
old bone breaks shown on x-rays, and now an article about the Utah AG in
relation to polygamy. What happened to the hospitalized children?

Yes the Texas AG, did put pressure on both Shurtleff and Goddard. They now are
forced to do something. The amount of force that Texas used was not all that
overwhelming considering WACO, and you do not know what they the FLDS have or
how willing they are to die. It appears though that like most Rapist they are
cowards and anyone standing up to them is to much for them to handle. They can
Rape and Beat Women and Children but a small Police Force with one used War
Surplus Half Track is to much of a show of Force. When Goddard was running for
Gov in Arizona, I lived in Safford and I Voted about 5 min to 7PM. I wanted
Goddard to know that if he lost by one Vote it was mine. Utah and Arizona have
ignored this problems for decades. I really have nothing against Polygamists
that other wise obey the Law and do not claim to be LDS Church Members. Plural
Marriage has been around for Thousands of years. What I have an issue with is
forced marriage and Sex with underage girls and beating children. We call that
Rape and Child Abuse.

Even under TEXAS LAW how can they justify
going into ALL THE PRIVATE HOMES of any community and taking ALL THE CHILDREN
without poof against that specific PRIVATE HOME. Maybe in North Korea but, not
in the good old U. S. of A.

Return the kidnapped children to their parents. No arrests have been made, no
charges have been filed, and no complaints have been levied. No proof of abuse
or neglect has been found. Stop violating the civil rights of this community.
The state authorities should follow the US Constitution. CPS, as an agency of
the government, should be forced to operate in a way that will not circumvent
nor contradict the Fourth Amendment. Federal law should trump state procedures.
Also, free the adult women who are being held as wards of the state as if they
were orphaned children just because some social worker subjectively decides that
they look like they're under 18. Come on, Texas. This should be common sense!

Think about it. The only way you could prosecute bigamy or polygamy is if the
marriage were performed by authorities and/or without the knowledge of the other
wife. Without this it is no different than adultery which apparently is not
against the law - try prosecuting it. Are we going to start rounding up all
adulterers (might not be a bad idea). Men keep mistresses, secret from their
wives. They lie and emotionally abuse their families. These people should be
identified and punished.

We live in an immoral society where casual
sex is accepted and even embraced, teen pregnancies are rampant across the
nation and often the young girls are impregnated by a legal adult (18 or over),
but how often do we prosecute? We consider that to be their freedom to choose.
The polygamists are no different in that way so you can't prosecute them for
breaking a law if they are consenting adults having free sex just because they
have someone without authority conducting a ceremony. Who's protecting these
offspring?

If they are children, there's a case but you don't round
up all polygamists who had the ceremony rather than just sex and lock up the
victims.

Utah doesn't enforce any law that I know of. There are still women from
polygamous areas that go into the grocery stores using food stamps and WIC
certificates. When my husband died, I was told that I didn't qualify for any of
that, so how come the polygamous women rate? There are laws on the books
banning polygamy--and even more laws against food stamp fraud. Shurtleff should
take a look at what he ISN'T doing, because what he is doing isn't much.

"every" child from "every" Mother.... Every child was rescued from every abusive
adult who are either a predator or who stood by and allowed the abuse AND as
required, under Texas law, DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE AUTHORITIES. They live
under Texas law while they live in Texas. They need to take some lessons from
the Penn. and Ohio Amish. They live their own way and obey the laws of the
state. Texas may have gone too far with the polygamy part of the law as they
have allowed these relationships to exist without prosecuting the individuals.
We either have to start now, my wish, or amend the law. As it stands these
spiritual marriages are actual marriages under Texas common law marriage.
Therefore fully prosecutable.

In 2006 alone there were 63 reported
cases of rape of children while in the state of Texas' care.You'll pardon
the rest of the nation for shuddering when "Texas" and "law" are used in the
same sentence.The polygamist lifestyle and the actions of individuals are
separate issues. Texas CPS should be shut down and the individuals that
participated in this illegal raid should be held personally responsible. Texas had better get out it's checkbook when the truth about this is brought
out.